Publisher's Synopsis
Completely revised, this 2nd Edition provides 75 up-to-the-minute care plans for adult clients with medical and surgical conditions. Detailed and thorough, the plans include nursing and collaborative diagnoses, in-depth etiologies, measureable outcome criteria, nursing interventions, and selected rationales. Incorporates the latest NANDA terminology and nursing diagnoses. New to this edition are plans for the care of the elderly client and the client undergoing lower extremity bypass surgery. An index has been added. Instructions for individualizing plans have been expanded. A valuable tool for nursing students and practicing nurses.
